Image from the poster art for the 1967 film Casino Royale, which was the second live-action adaptation of Ian Fleming’s first James Bond novel This helped him to avoid staleness and the sensual bluntness that breeds mistakes.” (from the July 1990 tenth Berkley printing of Casino Royale, page 1 © 1953 Gildrose Productions Ltd.) He always knew when his body or his mind had had enough, and he always acted on the knowledge. “James Bond suddenly knew that he was tired. Then the soul-erosion by high gambling-a compost of greed and fear and nervous tension-becomes unbearable, and the senses awake and revolt from it.

“The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. The novel opens in a similar way to how the later films based on the soon-to-be iconic character of 007 have, by thrusting the reader right into a tense and dangerous scenario.Įxcept here, it is Fleming’s words, rather than images and sounds, that are used to brilliantly conjure the scene in the mind’s eye: On April 13, 1953, Ian Fleming‘s Casino Royale - the British author’s first novel overall, as well as the first in his James Bond series of spy thrillers - was published in the U.K. Bond returns to find that she had been tortured, killed and wrapped in a hammock on the beach by Le Chiffre's Quantum members.Book dealer Jon Gilbert poses with a first edition copy of Ian Fleming's Casino Royale at a 2012 antiquarian book fair in London. While Bond was on the phone she leaves him in the bedroom and walks out of the hotel.Īfter Bond thwarts the terrorist plot at Miami Airport, Dimitrios' boss Le Chiffre deduces that Solange informed Bond. Bond decides to follow him, but does not tell Solange, instead ordering some Bollinger and caviar up to their room as a parting gift before he leaves. However, Solange receives a phone call from her husband which serves to inform Bond that Dimitrios will be taking the last flight to Miami.

She accepts and the two plan to spend the night together, where she tells him that she is not happy with her life, because of the evilness and one-sided relationship with her husband. Later, Bond offers Solange a ride back to his rented villa for a drink after he wins Dimitrios' Aston Martin DB5 at the poker table. Losing, Dimitrios reacts coldly to his wife's affection, which attracts Bond's attention. Later at night Solange meets Bond when she arrives at a poker game where Alex Dimitrios plays against Bond. Solange and James Bond first notice each other in The Bahamas while she is horseback riding along the beach and he is swimming in the ocean.

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